Friday, 5 February 2010

Gollum’s Pocket Part 2

Many other jobs need doing but Gollum’s Pocket tops the list for amusement.I painted an old crepe bandage with silk paints and stitched the vari-coloured strip onto a coffee bag.I wanted the outside to look weedy and as if it had been in and out of slimy ponds.Because Gollum kept his ‘Precious’ the inside needed to be bright and shiny and something that would keep the contents tidy even if they were bits of fish.I didn’t make a closure because Gollum, after all, did loose The Ring from his pocket, so it is now empty.I wondered about fitting a small LED light, preferably solar powered, inside but that seems a bit too hard and have given upon that notion.

I sewed a few beads to represent water droplets and small water creatures onto the bag, and then stitched the fish skeleton on the outside.I made a head and tail from some scraps of shiny cloth and sewed on a glassy bead for an eye.I used a shoelace to make a strap so Gollum could sling the pocket over his shoulder or tie it around his waste.He has a newish looking shoelace, but I suppose he would regularly need to change the lace as the old ones wore out and he came across discarded shoelaces on the edges of ponds.